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  1. 1a Top car (anag) — jailer (6)
  2. 4a Having existed from the beginning (6)
  3. 9a Conscientious (7)
  4. 10a Waits in hiding to attack (5)
  5. 11a Clean (anag) — weapon (5)
  6. 12a Outfit (7)
  7. 13a Having turrets and battlements (11)
  8. 18a It may be (7)
  9. 20a Freshwater fish (5)
  10. 22a Hazardous (5)
  11. 23a High — rapturous (7)
  12. 24a Enlarge (6)
  13. 25a In disagreement (2,4)
  14. 1d Embrace (6)
  15. 2d Stage — hoax (3,2)
  16. 3d Unconventional (7)
  17. 5d Irritates (5)
  18. 6d Large tent (7)
  19. 7d Tied — beaten (6)
  20. 8d Banned from consideration (11)
  21. 14d Spray can (7)
  22. 15d Allure (7)
  23. 16d Treated mercifully (6)
  24. 17d British financier and coloniser in southern Africa, d. 1902 (6)
  25. 19d Up to now (2,3)
  26. 21d Famous (5)